Vehicle-body raiser.



PATENTED OCT. 2'7, 1903.

J. ORYDERMAN. VEHICLE BODY RAISER.

APPLIGAIIOILIILED JUNE 4, 1903.

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VEHICLE BODY RAISER.

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UNIT D STATE fatented October 27, 1903.

JOHN OBYDEBMAN, OF EDMONTON,-- OANADA.

VEHICLE-BODY RAISER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,292, dated October27, 1903. I Application filed June 4, 1903. Serial No. 160,060. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ORYDERMAN,a citizen of the United States,residing at Edmonton, in the district of Alberta, North-WestTerritories, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vehicle-Body Raisers; and I do declare the following tobe afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in hoisting devicesknown as vehicle-body raisers.

The object of the invention is to provide a very efficient device ofthis characterwhich will be of simple, durable, and comparativelyinexpensive construction.

A further object is to provide such a device in which the vehicle-bodywill be maintained in a horizontal position while being elevated toprevent its contents from being disturbed and to permit it to be easilydisengaged from the running-gear of the wagon.

A still further object is to provide means for automatically elevatingthe body and lockin g the same when in an elevated position."

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device,showing in full lines its lowered position and in dotted lines itselevated position. Fig. 2 isa front end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 isa top plan view of the device in its elevated'position.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1

denotes ,the two parallel longitudinal guide or track rails, which aresuitably spaced apart by and secured upon the cross-bars or sleepers 2.These track-rails consist of the base 3 and the vertically-projectingflange 4 and are adapted to receive and guide the wheels of the vehicle,as hereinafter described. Between the rear ends of the guide or trackrails is a swinging frame 5, consisting of the two parallel standards oruprights 6, which are connected by the bottom cross-bar 7 and thecrossed diagonal braces 8. The lower ends of the standards 6 are pivotedat 9 to the flanges t 0f the track-rails. The upper ends of thestandards 6 are recessed upon their outer sides to receive thelongitudinal elevating and supporting bars or rails 10. These bars 10are pivoted adjacent to their rear ends in said recessed portions of thestandards, as shown at 11, and may have their extreme ends connected bythe cross-bar 10.

Adjacent to the forward ends of the elevating and supporting bars 10 arepivoted at 12 the upper ends of the swinging standards 13. The standards13 are pivoted at 14 in the guide-frames 15,which are disposed upon eachside of the tracks 1 and secured to the sleepers 2. Each of these framescomprises the base-block 16, the vertical upright or post 17 securedupon one end of block 16, the parallel braces 18, connecting the ends ofthe uprights and block, and the similar braces 19, which strengthenthese parts. These frames are held in an upright position by the braces20. It will be seen from the drawings that the standards 13 are pivotedin the frames between the pairs of braces 18, .so that the braces 18 and19 act as guides for the same, and when the bars 10 are in their loweredposition they will contact with and be supported by the projecting ends21 of the braces 20. When the bars 10. are swung up from their loweredposition (shown in full lines in Fig. 1) to their elevated position,(illustrated by the dotted lines in the same figural the pivoted catch22 upon one of the standards 13 is adapted to engage the upper end ofthe outer brace 18 to hold or look the bars 10 in their elevatedposition.

In using the device the vehicle from which the body, box, or rack is tobe removed is backed into the forward or front end of the same when thebars 10 are in their lowered position. The wheels of the vehicle willengage the track-rails 1 and be guided rearwardly into the device. Asthe tires of the hind wheels of the vehicle contact with the standards 6the latter will be forced or swung upwardly to a vertical position, asshown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. Owing to the manner in which theelevating and supporting bars 10 are mounted upon the swinging standards6 and 13, it will be seen that these parts will be elevated and at thesame time be mainallel to the ground.

tained in a horizontal position-that is, par- The bars engage thevehicle-body or projecting sills of the vehicle-body, so that the latterwill be elevated from the running-gear by the bars 10 as the rear wheelsof the running -gear force the standards 6 to a vertical position. Whenthe standards 13 cont-act with the uprights 17, the catch 22 will engagethe upper end of the outer brace 18 and hold the parts in their elevatedposition.

By this construction it will be noted that both ends of the body or rackupon the vehicle will be elevated at the same time, thereby permittingthe same to be easily disengaged from the running-gear and preventingany liability of the contents of the body being displaced or disturbed.It will be further noted that the body or rack of the vehicle will beelevated and locked in such position automatically by the movement ofthe vehicle and without the necessity of manual labor.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In apparatus of the class described, the combination of avehicle-wheel track, pivoted standards disposed to be engaged by wheelsof a vehicle on said track, pivoted standards disposed to clear thevehicle-wheels, and supporting and elevating bars pivotally connected tothe upper ends of said standards, substantially as set forth.

2. In apparatus of the class described, the combination ofavehicle-wheel track, pivoted standardsdisposed to be engaged by wheelsof a vehicle on said track, pivoted standards disposed to clear thevehicle-wheels, supporting and elevating bars pivotally connected to theupper ends of said standards, and means to automatically lock thestandards in an elevated position, substantially as described.

3. In apparatus of the class described, the combination of vehicle-wheeltracks, supports therefor, standards 6 pivoted at their lower ends tosaid tracks in position to be engaged by the wheels of a vehiclethereon, braceframes projecting laterally beyond the outer sides of thetrack, standards 13 pivoted at their lower ends, disposed to clearavehicle on the track and guided by said brace-frames, latches carried bysaid standards 13 to engage said brace-frames to lock said standard inan upright position, and elevating and supporting bars pivotallyconnected to and operated by the standards, for the purpose set forth,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN CRYDERMAN.

\Vitnesses:

T. A. STEPHEN, LAURENCE ADAMSON.

